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  • PissBottleMan
    PissBottleMan Union City, TN Posts: 4,155
    You can get 30 free prints from CVS (good for all those baby photos) when you sign up.

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    PBM
    "We paced ourselves and we didn't rush through it and we tried to be as creative as our collective minds would let us be over some course of time instead of just trying to rush through a record"

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  • Fighting Hellfish
    Fighting Hellfish Posts: 3,175
    PissBottleMan wrote:
    Here's what I dislike about Baby Books: "Sleep when your baby sleeps".

    That's sounds great...in theory.

    Case in point...Xavier was up most of the night on Saturday. So, I finally got him to sleep just after lunch. I layed down on the couch...got situated...tried to relax...finally (after about 30 minutes), I feel asleep...3 minutes later...crying...time to get back up.

    Also, when Xavier is asleep, I can get so much done. I can pay bills, upload/order photos, clean the house, etc.

    I am always tired...but I'm not always sleepy. Does that make sense?

    PBM

    I was like that, and still am. But now that Jack is 11 months old, it's really catching up to me. I've taken more naps (After putting him down for a nap) in the last month than I did in the previous 25 years. The constant tiredness becomes constant sleepiness after a while. He's also been getting up earlier. He used to get up between 9 and 10, now it's between 7 and 8. Stll going to bed around 11 though.
  • PissBottleMan
    PissBottleMan Union City, TN Posts: 4,155
    Fighting Hellfish wrote:
    He used to get up between 9 and 10, now it's between 7 and 8. Stll going to bed around 11 though.

    I think we've finally settled into a nice schedule.

    Bath time at 7.

    Feeding (Rice cereal/forumla) at 8.

    Bed time at 9.

    We usually go to bed between 9 and 10. PBW will go upstairs to bed while I stay downstairs on the couch (we have a bassinets upstairs and downstairs)

    Xavier sleeps until 2 or 3. I usually get up to feed him then.

    I take him upstairs and then PBW handles the next feeding at 6/7.

    It's been working for the past week or so. We split up the duties and have been getting much more sleep this way.

    It took a while to figure things out, but I think we have a rhythm going now.

    :)

    PBM
    "We paced ourselves and we didn't rush through it and we tried to be as creative as our collective minds would let us be over some course of time instead of just trying to rush through a record"

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  • nocode23
    nocode23 Posts: 411
    It's good to get a schedule down. It helps so much. Riley is almost 16 months now and she has a pretty regular routine. Our next one is due in September so we get to start all over! I can't wait though. Being a parent is the absolute best.
  • Steve Dunne
    Steve Dunne Posts: 4,965
    Wow I'm late in joining this thread, but congrats to all who are going through this phase of your life. I have 3 (all under the age of 6) and I'm in the zone defense (basketball term for those unfamiliar). For those who still want kids - don't forget to have FUN in bed!!!!!!!! I'm jealous!

    PBM - not sure how old you little one is (wasn't going to read 96 pages of thread), but don't expect the schedule to last. I say that not sarcastically, but as a parent of 3. Just expect something to totally throw the baby off schedule. Either travel, illness, growth spurts, teeth, you name it. Again, not sure how old your's is, and if you have any others, but just wanted to offer that. Oh yeah, beer helps to calm the nerves, and all nursing moms should drink at least 1 glass of wine per night! :)
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  • PissBottleMan
    PissBottleMan Union City, TN Posts: 4,155
    cilcia wrote:
    but don't expect the schedule to last.

    Yeah, I can see how things can go off course very easily. But, we are Creatures of Habit, so if I can impliment some sort of structured schedule maybe we can keep our sanity for a while. :)

    Oh, Xavier is 10 weeks old.

    PBM
    "We paced ourselves and we didn't rush through it and we tried to be as creative as our collective minds would let us be over some course of time instead of just trying to rush through a record"

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  • Steve Dunne
    Steve Dunne Posts: 4,965
    PissBottleMan wrote:
    Yeah, I can see how things can go off course very easily. But, we are Creatures of Habit, so if I can impliment some sort of structured schedule maybe we can keep our sanity for a while. :)

    Oh, Xavier is 10 weeks old.

    PBM

    congrats!
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  • Fighting Hellfish
    Fighting Hellfish Posts: 3,175
    That's been my experience with schedules too. Everything is a phase. From 4 weeks old, jack slept thru the night. He would take a bunch of quick naps thru the day. Then around 7-8 months, he started getting up in the middle of the night again, almost always between 2 & 2:30. (Which our Dr. forewarned us about) Quick bottle and back to bed, and he'd sleep until 10 or 11. Now he 's back to sleeping thru. Like I said earlier, he gets up around 7 or 8. Eats, plays for an hour or 2, and then back to sleep for 2 hours. Hopefully this schedule lasts for you, but don't get too used to it.
  • pjhunz28
    pjhunz28 Posts: 206
    well add me to the people here that are pregnant. i just found out that I'm pregnant with our third baby
    9/26/96, 9/15/98, 8/29/00, 7/2/03, 9/28/04, 5/24/06, 5/25/06, 7/23/06, 6/27/08, 6/28/08, 6/30/08
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  • Steve Dunne
    Steve Dunne Posts: 4,965
    pjhunz28 wrote:
    well add me to the people here that are pregnant. i just found out that I'm pregnant with our third baby

    congrats to you and your family!
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  • Gary Carter
    Gary Carter Posts: 14,077
    pjhunz28 wrote:
    well add me to the people here that are pregnant. i just found out that I'm pregnant with our third baby
    heather thats so fucking awesome, congrats.
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  • pjhunz28
    pjhunz28 Posts: 206
    thanks....now to figure out another Pearl Jam related name LOL :D
    9/26/96, 9/15/98, 8/29/00, 7/2/03, 9/28/04, 5/24/06, 5/25/06, 7/23/06, 6/27/08, 6/28/08, 6/30/08
    EV
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  • pjhunz28
    pjhunz28 Posts: 206
    metsfan531941 wrote:
    heather thats so fucking awesome, congrats.

    thanks hun
    9/26/96, 9/15/98, 8/29/00, 7/2/03, 9/28/04, 5/24/06, 5/25/06, 7/23/06, 6/27/08, 6/28/08, 6/30/08
    EV
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  • Brain of J.Lo
    Brain of J.Lo Posts: 3,259
    You might get lucky schedule-wise, PBM! It seems like nothing disrupts Annabelle's schedule or keeps her from sleeping through the night. Since she started sleeping through at 6 weeks, I can count on one hand the amount of times she has gotten me up in the middle of the night. It happened twice when she had a cold back in January, and the others have been random flukes that I couldn't explain.

    The most amazing thing was when we were moving and drove from Chicago to NJ, which took us about 13 hours spread over two days. We stopped at about 8:30 the first night, set up the pack n play in the hotel room so she could hang out for a while and play outside of her carseat, and then at 10:30 we turned the lights off, crossed our fingers and put her back in the pack n play... She went to sleep without making a peep! :D

    But I take no credit for this; it's obviously just a personality trait of hers because I haven't done anything to establish her routine. I'm the queen of accidental parenting...lol. :D But it's working quite well so far! I can't believe she will be 9 months on Monday!
  • Brain of J.Lo
    Brain of J.Lo Posts: 3,259
    pjhunz28 wrote:
    thanks....now to figure out another Pearl Jam related name LOL :D

    congratulations! How are you feeling and when are you due? :)

    Keep us posted on your progress! I love hearing about this stuff ever since I"ve gone through it myself! :)
  • Fighting Hellfish
    Fighting Hellfish Posts: 3,175
    Brain of J.Lo wrote:

    But I take no credit for this; it's obviously just a personality trait of hers because I haven't done anything to establish her routine. I'm the queen of accidental parenting...lol. :D But it's working quite well so far! I can't believe she will be 9 months on Monday!

    Wow, that's awesome. Even teething doesn't wake her up?
  • Fighting Hellfish
    Fighting Hellfish Posts: 3,175
    pjhunz28 wrote:
    thanks....now to figure out another Pearl Jam related name LOL :D
    What PJ related names have you used so far?
  • PissBottleMan
    PissBottleMan Union City, TN Posts: 4,155
    Brain of J.Lo wrote:
    we turned the lights off, crossed our fingers

    So, that's a universal thing then. ;) Add holding my breath in addition to crossing my fingers.

    PBM
    "We paced ourselves and we didn't rush through it and we tried to be as creative as our collective minds would let us be over some course of time instead of just trying to rush through a record"

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  • ScreamingLemur
    ScreamingLemur Posts: 114
    Hi, everybody, how are you all doing? So I had my ultrasound yesterday. Everything was fine and we're having another girl. Since this is probably going to be our last kid, I was sort of hoping for a boy so we could have one of each. It doesn't really matter, though. It's a good thing because we have a 2 bedroom house so we don't have to change anything (room is pink) and we can use all those adorable girl outfits my dd hardly got to wear. The due date is still July 24th. I think someone else on this thread is due the same week (Jocelyn?) Good luck, everyone!
    "This calls for a very special blend of psychology and extreme violence" - The Young Ones
  • pjhunz28
    pjhunz28 Posts: 206
    Brain of J.Lo wrote:
    congratulations! How are you feeling and when are you due? :)

    Keep us posted on your progress! I love hearing about this stuff ever since I"ve gone through it myself! :)

    Thanks. I'm due nov 2nd (so i am very early right now....which stinks cuz it'll take longer lol) ive been feeling ok. just real icky after i eat and at nights! and im SOOOO tired
    9/26/96, 9/15/98, 8/29/00, 7/2/03, 9/28/04, 5/24/06, 5/25/06, 7/23/06, 6/27/08, 6/28/08, 6/30/08
    EV
    Boston 1

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